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Jan - Open-source ChatGPT replacement by janhq

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Jan is an open source alternative to ChatGPT that runs 100% offline on your computer.

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Verdict 80/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 2 months ago

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Health score
80 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
42k
2.8k forks

About Jan - Open-source ChatGPT replacement

From the project's README at github.com/janhq/jan. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Jan is bringing the best of open-source AI in an easy-to-use product. Download and run LLMs with full control and privacy. Installation

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
100
maturity
90
community
93
security
85
sustainability
65
adoption
42

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 42k github.com/janhq/jan
GitHub forks 2.8k github.com/janhq/jan
NPM downloads (last month) 60 jan

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age2.7 yearssince Aug 2023
Last commit3 days agoMay 4, 2026
Releases shipped99last: 2 months ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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